Memorandum
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Scott DeLeon - Interim Community Development Director
Mark Roberts - Principal Planner
DATE: March 4, 2020
SUBJECT: Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Planned Development Project Draft EIR
Supervisor District 1
ATTACHMENTS: None
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Lotusland Investment Holdings, Inc. has applied for approvals to develop the Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Planned Development Project. The County determined that an EIR was required, and has had a Draft EIR prepared for the project. As required by CEQA Guidelines Sections 15105 and 15087, the County has released the Draft EIR for review by the public and agencies for a 45-day public comment period, beginning February 21, 2020 and ending April 7, 2020.
The Proposed Project includes a General Plan amendment to designate the Guenoc Valley Site as Resort Commercial and rezone it to Guenoc Valley District (GVD), pursuant to the Middletown Area Plan Policy 6.3.1b. These amendments, if approved, would allow for the development of up to 400 hotel rooms, 450 resort residential units, 1,400 residential estates, and 500 workforce co-housing units within the zoning district. The Draft EIR analyzes the effects of the proposed General Plan amendment and rezoning of the Guenoc Valley Site to GVD on a programmatic level. In addition to the program level analysis, the Draft EIR provides a project level analysis of the impacts of the first phase (Phase 1) of the Proposed Project. Phase 1 proposes a phased subdivision and related entitlements to allow at full buildout up to 401 residential estates, 141 resort residential units, and 177 hotel units and accessory resort and commercial uses within the Guenoc Valley Site. In addition, Phase 1 includes a subdivision and rezone of the Middletown Housing Site to accommodate workforce housing, including 21 single family residences with optional accessory dwelling units, 29 duplex units in 15 structures, and a community clubhouse and associ...
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